EPO (European Patent Office)

The European Patent Office  is one of the two organs of the European Patent Organisation , the other being the Administrative council.
PRESIDENT;
The European Patent Office is directed by a president, who is responsible for its activities to the Administrative Council.The president also represents the European Patent Organisation. The president has therefore a dual role: representative of the European Patent Organisation and head of the European Patent Office. The President of the European Patent Office is appointed by the Administrative Council. A majority of three-quarters of the votes of the Contracting States represented and voting in the Administrative Council is required for the appointment of the President. 
FUNCTION;
Within the European Patent Office, examiners are in charge of studying European patent applications, filed by applicants, in order to decide whether to grant a patent for an invention. The patents granted by the European Patent Office are called European patents.

LANGUAGES;
The official languages of the European Patent Office are English, French and German and publications including the European Patent Bulletin and Official Journal of the European Patent Office are published in all three of those languages.

Activities;
he European Patent Office does not grant “international patents,” as such patents do not exist. After 30 months  countries, after 20  an international application must be converted into national or regional patent applications, and then are subject to national/regional grant procedures.
As Supplementary International Searching Authority (SISA), the European Patent Office has announced that it will conduct no more than 700 supplementary international searches per year.